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16th MDF Classical Ballet Presentation:
Ballet Minnesota will present the premiere of the classic ballet 'Don Quixote", restaged by Cheryl Rist. Guest performers include Oksana Konobeyeva (formerly Bolshoi and American Ballet Theater) in the lead role of Kitri and Dmitriy Tuboltsev (formerly prinicpal with the Bolshoi Ballet) in the lead role of the barber. Kirill Bak (graduate of the Kirov Ballet) will perform the role of the matador and Collette Illarde (a leading twin cities flamenco dancers) will dance the flamenco lead. Other roles will be danced by company members of Ballet Minnesota. The sketch at left is of Don Quixote by Pablo Picasso.
MDF 2004 Guests
Matt Jensen's New & Slightly Used Dance.............artistic director: Matt Jensen
Aerial Dance ..................................................................artistic director: Risa Cohen
Hayor Bibimma .............................................................artistic director: Francis Kofi
Fuego Flamenco ............................................................artistic directors Collette Illarde
TenFootFive ....................................................................artistic director:
Ballet Minnesota ...........................................................artistic director: Andrew Rist
Independent choreographer ......................................Jim Lieberthal
Performance schedule
Wednesday, April 28, 7:00pm, 2004 Dance Schools Evening
admission: $5.00 Schools Coordinator: Lisa Gray
4 Season's Dance.........................Minneapolis
director: Rebecca Abas...................................... 'Salsango' (tango)
La Dance Fatale............................ Hopkins
director: Karen Charles........................................'Russian' & 'Passion'
Riverbend Dance Arts .................Hastings
director: Sara LaRose..........................................'Three Graces'
Deuxmensions...............................Minneapolis
directors: Kristin Stangler & Michelle Doyle...........'Summer' (modern)
Heart Beat Studios ......................Apple Valley
director: Deborah Lysholm................................... 'Darshan' (modern)
Classical Ballet Academy............St Paul
director: Cheryl Rist......................................... .....excerpt 'Don Quixote' (ballet)
Dance Moves ..................................Ham Lake
director: Laura McClanahan...................................(ballet)
The Art of Dance Studio ...............Brooklyn Park
director: Linda Green.............................................'Smooth Criminal"(jazz, funk) &
.............................................'Newtronics' (hip hop)
Out on a Limb Dance Co ...............St Paul
director: Kim Martinez & Amber Keel........................'Alice in Wonderland'
City Scape Dance ..........................Bloomington
director: Chandra Saign...........................................'Boots' (jazz) & 'Twilight' (ballet)
St Paul Irish Dancers ...................St Paul
director:
Keane Sense of Rhythm Youth Tap Ensemble ...................
director: Ellen Keane &Cathy Wind
Dance Works Performing Arts ...Lakeville
director: Denise Voight..........................................'Mid-summer Night's Dream...the Fairies'
Friday, April 30, 10:00am, 2004 Student Performance
admission: $5.00 (must be a student) Student Coordinator: Ellen Cochran
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Classical Ballet Academy Empress New Clothes
Fuego Flamenco
Matt Jensen's New & Slightly Used Dance
Aerial Dance
Ballet Minnesota Excerpts from 'Don Quixote'
Friday, April 30, 8:00pm, 2004 Public Performance
admission: $9.00 - $18.00
Classical Ballet Academy Empress New Clothes
Hayor Bibimma
Aerial Dance
Matt Jensen's New & Slightly Used Dance
Ballet Minnesota 'Don Quixote'
Saturday, May 1, 2:30pm, 2004 Public Performance
admission: $9.00 - $18.00
Classical Ballet Academy Empress New Clothes
Ten Foot Five
Aerial Dance
Fuego Flamenco
Ballet Minnesota 'Don Quixote'
Saturday, May 1, 8:00pm, 2004 Public Performance
admission: $9.00 - $18.00
Classical Ballet Academy Empress New Clothes
Fuego Flamenco
Aerial Dance
Andrew Rist & Charlie Maguire River Songs
Independent Choreogapher Jim Lieberthal
Ten Foot Five
Matt Jensen's New & Slightly Used Dance
Ballet Minnesota Dream from 'Don Quixote'
Aeriel Dance
title: " The Angle and the Tower "
Choreography: Risa Cohen
Music: Avro Part
Dancer: Risa Cohen
Artistic Director: Risa Cohen
website: www.risacohen.com
Note
This piece was inspired by a fairy tale written by Randy Kroenke
Choreographer Profile: Risa Cohen
Besides training in Berlin, Germany, with internationally renowned circus artists, Risa studied with aerial acrobat, Juliana Neves, from Cirque du Soleil. She has performed and taught dance including aerial, ballet and modern in the Twin Cities for the past eight years. Her dance performances have received several grants and awards, including a Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Grant and selected three times to take part in Choreographers' Evening at the Walker Art Center. Risa is an aerial instructor at Circus Juventas, a youth performing arts circus school in Saint Paul. Risa Cohen intends to present her work with Circus Juventas this summer at Minnesota's Fringe Festival. For more information visit ww.risacohen.com.
MDF 16: Fri @ 10:00am & 8pm, Sat @ 2:30pm & 8:00pm
FUEGO Flamenco
title: " iFlamenco Azuli " premiere
Choreography: Colette Marie Illarde
Music: arranged by Scott Mateo Davies
Guitar: Scott Mateo Davies
Percussion: Stephen Spaise
Costumes:
Dancer: Colette Marie Illarde
Location: Minneapolis
Website: www.fuegoflamenco.com
Company Profile: Fuego Flamenco
FUEGO Flamenco is the partnership of dancer Colette Marie Illarde and guitarist Scott Mateo Davies. They are active as flamenco performers, educators and guest artists. Their mission is to ìinspire the soul and ignite the heart with the spirit of flamenco.
Artistic Director Profile: Collette Illarde
2003 was a busy year. It saw Mateo accompanying the legendary Spanish Gypsy flamenco dancer Manolete in four concerts at the North Shore Center for Performing Arts in Chicago. Colette and Mateo performed at the Old Town School of Folk Music (Chicago) with the Spanish group ìTaller de Compasî. Colette was a guest dancer with Zorongo Flamenco. In October, they performed with famed Iranian singer, Sattar.
Colette was chosen to present an original work at the Walker Art Centerís ì2003 Choreographers Evening.î Mateoís second solo recording ìCaravana Flamenca, a Flamenco Journeyî was released with a concert at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis.
MDF 16: Sat @ 10:00am, Fri @ 8:00pm, Sat @ 8:00pm
Ten Foot Five
title: " "
Choreography: TenFootFive
Music: TenFootFive
Costumes:
Dancers/Muscians: Andy "Andacne" Ausland, Rick "Ritmyk" Ausland, Nick "The Showman" Bowman, Ricci "Vegas Brown" Milan, Jeremy "Fashin" Mundth, Donny "D-Web" Weber, Owen "Robot" Royce
Location: Minneapolis
Website: www.10foot5.com
company bio: Part dance company, part band, Ten Foot Five is a performance company of musicians, percussionists and rhythm tap dancers. Every Ten Foot Five show is unique and organic. Performances typically include rhythmn tap dance, improvisation, drumming on 5-gallon paint buckers, mouth percussion and beats born out of the Minneapolis Funk. Worldwide audiences speak the universal language of rhythmn and music. Since 1997, Ten Foot Five has dripped oceans of sweat upon stages around the world including: St Louis MO, Denver CO, Wahington DC, Phoenix AZ, Sedona AZ, Los Angeles CA, Vienna Austria, Helsinki Finland and Quito Ecuador.
MDF 16: Sat, 2:30pm & 8:00pm
Ballet Minnesota
"Don Quixote"
restaged by: Cheryl Rist after Petipa
Gypsy Dance: Andrew Rist
music: "Don Quixote"
composer: Ludwig MInkus
costumes: Cheryl Rist
set design: Jim Arnold, Cynthia Betz, Lisa Gray
dancers:
Kirri: Oksana Konobeyeva
Basil: Dmitriy Tuboltsev
Don Quixote: Jim Lieberthal
Matador: Kirill Bak
Mercedes: Colette Illarde
Sancho Panza: Brad Jacula
Gamache: Antone Gregory
Toreadors: Allen Gregory, Brad Jacula, Andre , Jordain Chinander
Lorenzo: David Heath
Delsenia: Caitlin Mussmann
Image of Delsenia: Kelsey Kolars
Queen of the Dryads: Sarah Bulger
Dryads: Taylor Dreyling, Erin Warn, Julia Heggerness, Daniella Vaughan, Charlotte Kroening, Elena Ahmann, Emily Baierl, Jordan Van Matre, Rebecca Pelletier, Caitlin Lam, Tayden Kuhn, Maren Gray, Vanessa, Michelle Ho, Carolyn Quisenberry, Karmyn Grant, Tori Kampmeyer, Emma Colon, Maria de Sam Lazaro, Kate McRaith, Sierra Benson,
Gypsies: Tayden Kuhn, Elena Ahmann, Emily Baierl, Jordon Van Matre
Maren Gray, Caitlin Lam, Sarah Mickens, Rebecca Pelletier, Michelle Ho, Andre, Allen Gregory, Jordain Chinander
Artistic Director: Andrew Rist
Executive Director: Cynthia Betz
Location: 249 East 4th Street, St Paul
Website: Ballet Minnesota
MDF 16: Full ballet: Fri @ 8:00pm, Sat @ 2:30pm
Excerpts: Fri @ 10:00am, Sat @ 8:00pm
Matt Jenson's New & Slightly Used Dance
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choreographer: Matt Jenson
Music:
Dancers:
Artistic Director: Matt Jenson
Location: Minneapolis
Website: Matt Jenson's New and Slightly Used Dance
E-mail: slightlyused@uswest.net
Reviews: "...an original who combines kinetic spark with a big sense of humor..." ---Mike Steele, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Support: McKnight Foundation, MN State Arts Board, Jerome Foundation
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Independent Choreographer Jim Lieberthal
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